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Original Sound Version Feature: WASD

October 19, 2016 | Brenna Wilkes | 4 Comments Share this Original Sound Version Feature: WASD

Last month, Original Sound Version partnered up with the Dwelling of Duels game music competition and Impact Soundworks at MAGFest Labs to debut “Opposing Bloodlines“; a video game music competition specifically for established game music cover bands, be they instrumental, chiptune, acapella or otherwise. The competition was a success with one of the prizes for the winner being a feature on OSV!

The grand winner of the competition was a one-man band out of southern Maryland known as WASD. Who and what is WASD?

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Game Music, Miscellaneous

DWELLING OF DUELS – APRIL 2014 FREE MONTH REVIEW

May 26, 2014 | George Nowik | Comments Off on DWELLING OF DUELS – APRIL 2014 FREE MONTH REVIEW Share this

What is a free month?

Nothing but a miserable pile of AWESOME MUSIC, THAT’S WHAT.

The April 2014 edition of Dwelling of Duels failed to disappoint. Failed miserably at disappointing. Except for maybe the order in which the songs were placed.

Then again.

Placements in Dwelling of Duels are like points in Who’s Line Is It Anyway?. The points don’t matter and the placements are hilarious. Do you know the money I would pay to see the kind of music John Sessions or Mike McShane might be able to come up with if they suddenly decided they wanted to rearrange old video game music? Yes, I’m that hipster who remembers how much more he enjoyed Clive Anderson than he did Drew Carey.

Alright enough of that. Onto the songs!

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Game Music, Miscellaneous

DWELLING OF DUELS – MARCH 2014 SUNSOFT MONTH REVIEW

April 24, 2014 | George Nowik | 2 Comments Share this

Sunsoft month!

What the devil is a Sunsoft?

If you’re old like me, you can remember playing Arabian and Kangaroo at the local arcade or Chuck E. Cheese or Showbiz Pizza or movie theater or bowling alley. Getting their start in 1978, they later moved from the arcade machine mecca of quarter-guzzling mayhem to the comfort of the living room, bad throw rugs, and sofas badly in need of reupholstering for the 8-bit consoles of yesteryear. Like several companies, they had their ups and downs as it relates to their relative commercial success (great success in the 8-bit world, mediocre sales in the 16-bit world, and then a resurgence when the PlayStation made its way to your doorstep (and I say your doorstep because I never owned one d: )). Their library boasted titles such as Batman franchise games, Gimmick, Blaster Master, Chameleon Twist, responsibility for ports that came to be known as Final Fantasy Adventure and Final Fantasy Legends, and a whole wealth of other fantastic entertainment experiences. Get your list-on at this convenient wikipedia world wide web page unit.

Dwelling of Duels paid tribute to ~~Batman~~ ~~Gremlins~~ ~~Gimmick~~ ~~Journey to Silius~~ Sunsoft this month as just such a publisher and – once again – amazement ensued. Here’s a gut-reaction as-I-listen rundown of this month’s spinning of straw into gold:

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Game Music, Miscellaneous

Dwelling of Duels – February 2014 Beat ’em Up Month Review

March 11, 2014 | George Nowik | 2 Comments Share this

Welcome to the first OSV review of the monthly video game music arrangement competition Dwelling of Duels (DoD). This competition has a few major rules: each song must be (unless otherwise specified) greater in length than two minutes and the primary instrument(s) (there must be at least one) be live-played. Backing tracks that are sequenced are permitted.

Having recently celebrated it’s 10th anniversary and still going strong, there should be no shortage of material to get down and dirty with. The structure of the content may change from time to time but for this first article, let’s hit it with a review of each song.

Also worth noting: if you tend to listen to only the top 3 songs or so, you’re missing out on some incredible music! (you’re also “doing it wrong.”)

Having said that, here we go!

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Game Music

Dwelling of Duels 10th Anniversary Results

November 1, 2013 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Dwelling of Duels 10th Anniversary Results Share this

Following up on my last post detailing the milestone 10th anniversary of the Dwelling of Duels music competition, this particular month broke many records in the history of the duels.

Sporting a whopping 53 competitors and 9 alternate submissions and totaling an overall listening time of over 4 hours, the event has established a new level of dedication behind both long-time and newcoming duelists. Now, with the complete results having been tallied, the 10th year of the duels comes to a close with hopefully a renewed vigor and passion for gaming music.

Check out the results, or head directly to the Dwelling of Duels page to listen through the entire ensemble.

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Game Music

Dwelling of Duels – A 10th Anniversary Retrospective

September 24, 2013 | Brenna Wilkes | 3 Comments Share this

There are very few fan-made, independently-operated places on the internet these days that can say they’ve survived a decade and are still kicking. Even more so for places that dedicate themselves to the love of video game music and re-imagining favorite tunes from hundreds of games both past and present. As of today, there’s only one place that can boast that it’s survived 10 years as a full-blown competition between gaming music fans to create the most awesome and badass re-compositions of classic (and even obscure) video game tracks in a battle royale to claim superiority on a regular basis.

That place has been known as the “Dwelling of Duels“. Wanna know what it’s all been about these past years?

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